Chapter 481: Chapter 450, Feeling Uncomfortable for Eating Bitch Monster_1
As soon as her feet touched the ground, Zhou Jingwan walked over to Daohua and complained, “Why didn’t you remind me? You let me make such a fool of myself.”
She hadn’t fallen, but she had screamed for so long. How embarrassing!
Daohua looked innocent, “How was I to know you could scream like that?”
Zhou Jingwan pouted, “I thought I was going to fall!”
Daohua, also scared out of her wits, took the chance to say, “Let’s see if you dare to swing like that again.”
Zhou Jingwan quickly shook her head, “I wouldn’t dare, not even if you killed me.”
Just then, Xiao Yeyang spoke up, “What are you two doing in the courtyard so early in the morning?”
Daohua countered, “And why have you come here?”
Xiao Yeyang smiled and tilted his chin toward the roof, then pointed at the wine jar in Yan Wenkai’s hands, “How could we miss out on such a fine snow scene?”
De Fu, standing by his master spouting nonsense so seriously, couldn’t bear to watch and silently turned his head away, looking elsewhere.
Remembering how happy his master had been when the Hidden Guard reported that Miss Yan and Miss Zhou had come to the courtyard, he couldn’t help but purse his lips, rub his shrunken belly, and sigh.
His master might skip meals to see Miss Yan, but he couldn’t!
So hungry!
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Looking at the wine jar in her Fourth Brother’s hand, Daohua was somewhat speechless, “Are you planning to drink so early in the morning?”
Yan Wenkai, “Well, we can’t just sit stupidly on the roof, can we?”
Daohua fell silent, pondering the absurdity of climbing the roof to watch the snow and drinking wine in the process; she really didn’t know what to say.
Xiao Yeyang laughed, “You still haven’t said what you two are doing here?”
Daohua, “Jingwan wanted to make snowmen!”
No sooner had she finished, than Yan Wentao chimed in, “I’ll help you with that.”
Zhou Jingwan, still embarrassed about the earlier incident, felt awkward upon hearing this, said nothing yet didn’t refuse either.
Daohua joyfully agreed, “Great, Third Brother, help me build one. Jingwan and I are competing; you have to make a good-looking one for me.”
In the dead of winter, she really didn’t want to touch the snow.
Yan Wentao smiled and nodded. He looked around the courtyard and asked Zhou Jingwan, “Sister Zhou, where shall we build them?”
Zhou Jingwan paused for a moment, then pointed to the main house’s steps, “Let’s build them there, one on each side, like the stone lions in front of the mansion.”
Without any hesitation, Yan Wentao went straight to the steps of the main house and began stacking snow.
Seeing Zhou Jingwan standing still, Daohua hurriedly pulled her along, “Come on, let’s start building.”
Zhou Jingwan noticed that Daohua wasn’t moving, “Aren’t you going to build one?”
Daohua pointed to Yan Wentao, “My Third Brother is helping me build it.”
Zhou Jingwan protested, “How can that be allowed?”
Daohua, “Why not? If you can find someone to help you, that’s fine too!”
Zhou Jingwan glanced at Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenkai, then silently withdrew her gaze, huffing, “I don’t need help, I can build it myself.”
Daohua teased, “Then get a move on!”
Zhou Jingwan grimaced and actually squatted down to start building.
Yan Wenkai, too, got interested, “I’ll make one as well.”
Daohua stood aside, watching with amusement. Seeing that Xiao Yeyang hadn’t moved, she asked, “Why aren’t you building one?”
Xiao Yeyang simply gave Daohua a look that said ‘you aren’t building one either.’
Daohua quietly shifted her gaze away and after watching Zhou Jingwan and the others build their snowmen for a while, she walked toward the swing.
Xiao Yeyang didn’t say anything and just followed her.
Daohua glanced at Xiao Yeyang who had followed her and sat on the swing, “Didn’t you want to enjoy the snow scene? Go ahead and don’t linger here.”
Xiao Yeyang walked behind Daohua and gently pushed her back, and instantly, the swing started to sway, “Admiring the scenery alone is no fun, how about you keep me company?”
Daohua shook her head without hesitation, “I don’t want to climb up onto the roof and freeze. Admiring the snow from the rooftop is something only you self-proclaimed refined young masters would do as a silly thing.”
Xiao Yeyang smiled and went along with her, “Indeed, admiring snow from the rooftop is a bit foolish early in the morning, so I won’t go. I’ll stay here and accompany you instead.”
Daohua glanced back at him, “I don’t need your company. Let go and I can swing by myself!”
Xiao Yeyang, “Swinging by yourself won’t get you very high.”
Daohua, “I don’t want to swing high anyway. Jingwan nearly fell off just now.”
Xiao Yeyang, “Alright then, since you don’t need it, let’s forget it.” With that, he really did let go.
Daohua looked at him, surprised, “You’re actually listening today.”
Xiao Yeyang asked with a smile, “What, you want me to push you again?”
Daohua turned her head back and ignored him.
Xiao Yeyang shook his head with a smile, hearing Zhou Jingwan’s laughter, he looked over and saw Yan Wentao teaching Zhou Jingwan hand by hand how to build a snowman, and he couldn’t help but sigh to himself, despite Wentao’s usual silence, he really had a knack for charming young girls.
Didn’t you see how Zhou Jingwan couldn’t stop smiling?
Xiao Yeyang then looked toward Daohua, pondered for a moment, and said, “I’ve prepared a gift for your grandmother, could you help me check if it is appropriate?”
Daohua showed a look of surprise, “A gift prepared by you could be inappropriate?”
Xiao Yeyang smiled, “You seem to trust me.” As he spoke, he walked around the swing to stand in front of Daohua, gesturing with his eyes for her to move aside a bit.
Daohua didn’t move.
Seeing this, Xiao Yeyang squeezed in next to her while saying, “Didn’t we agree before to paint a portrait separately for your grandmother and old Granny? Do you think it’s okay if I give a painting I made myself?”
Upon hearing it was about a painting, Daohua immediately remembered the combined portrait of her grandmother, master, and old Granny.
However, she hadn’t seen it during her last few visits and didn’t know where her master had put it.
Caught off guard for a moment, Xiao Yeyang took the opportunity to squeeze her to one side.
When Daohua glared at him, Xiao Yeyang quickly said, “Well, come on, tell me, is it okay to give a painting I made myself or not? It wouldn’t be good to breach etiquette.”
Daohua, distracted, “Of course, it can be. My grandmother has been wanting a portrait of herself.”
Xiao Yeyang smiled, “That’s great. I’ve already finished the painting and it’s in the guest house. Do you want to see it?”
Daohua nodded eagerly, “Sure.” Then paused, “I shouldn’t go to your courtyard. So, bring the painting to my elder brother Yan Wenkai’s yard, and I’ll come to see it in the afternoon.”
Xiao Yeyang nodded, then asked, “What have you prepared for your grandmother?”
“I, well… ”
Under Xiao Yeyang’s intentional efforts to steer the conversation towards topics of interest to Daohua, they put aside any lingering awkwardness about sitting together on the swing, and carried on, swinging and whispering in happy conversation.
Elsewhere, Yan Wenkai had grown bored after a while of making snowmen; he dropped it and decided to go look for Xiao Yeyang or Yan Wentao to drink on the rooftop, only to discover that both were busy.
One busy making snowmen for Zhou Jingwan, the other busy swinging with his sister.
For some reason, he found this scene particularly irritating.
Especially the blissful smiles on the faces of Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wentao, which he found nauseatingly cloying.
“What’s the big deal?”
Were they ganging up on him?
Yan Wenkai sadly realized that not only were the four people paired off in twos, but even the maids and servants were gathered at the entrance of the courtyard, chattering away. He was the only one standing alone in the yard.
“Wait for me!”
He too would find someone.
But who?
Yan Wenkai glanced at the two couples in the courtyard, and suddenly Su Shiyu’s name echoed in his mind. Mhm, Su Shiyu wasn’t bad, gentle and quiet, and even if he talked too much, she would listen with a smile.